#55A022#55A022

#55A022 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.172 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A022
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 34)
HSL	hsl(96, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(96, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -44.39, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 69.86, 129.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.1238 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.172 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6054, 27.1873, 5.8858)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A022 #6D22A0

analogous

#94A022 #55A022 #22A02E

triadic

#55A022 #2255A0 #A02255

tetradic

#55A022 #2294A0 #6D22A0 #A02E22

square

#55A022 #2294A0 #6D22A0 #A02E22

split-complementary

#55A022 #2E22A0 #A02294

monochromatic

#1F3B0D #3A6E17 #55A022 #70D22D #92DD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#55A022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#55A022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A022

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A022	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#529A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.172 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbd68',
    500: '#55a022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a022;
$custom-light: #8cbd68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.714,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63305,
    "c": 0.17236,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A022

secondary

#995CC2

accent

#40E8A4

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A022

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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